Tuesday, November 23rd 2021
Microsoft Announces Flight Simulator Game of the Year Update
We are excited to announce that the Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition (GOTY) is available today! This new edition celebrates all the positive feedback, reviews and awards garnered, and is also a "Thank You" to our fans - new and old - that have made Microsoft Flight Simulator such a phenomenon. The Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition features five new handcrafted aircraft, eight new airports, six new Discovery Flights and updated weather systems and incorporates all six World Updates.
New Aircraft
We have added 5 brand new aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator:
We have added 8 handcrafted airports in Central Europe and the United States:
New Missions
Based on the popularity of the recently introduced Discovery Flights, we have added 6 additional locations (Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mecca, Monument Valley, Singapore, and Mount Cook) to this popular series.
New Tutorials
To further expand the onboarding experience, we have provided 14 new tutorials, introducing simmers to Bush flying (in an Icon A5) and IFR (in a Cessna 172).
New Features
We are also pleased to introduce several highly requested features by the community: an updated weather system, early access to DX12, and a dev mode replay system.
New Photogrammetry Cities
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Bing Maps, we have added a number of new photogrammetry cities: Helsinki (Finland), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle, and Nottingham (UK) and Utrecht (Netherlands).
And, best of all, the Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year Edition is a free update for existing players on PC and Xbox Series X|S. For new users, the GOTY Edition is the perfect entry point to flight simming.
Announcement Video
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We have added 5 brand new aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator:
- Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet: Our first military jet and a highly requested feature from the community.
- VoloCity: From well-known German company Volocopter, comes "VoloCity", an aircraft for an electric urban air taxi.
- Pilatus PC-6 Porter: This legendary short takeoff and landing (STOL) utility aircraft is a highly versatile plane from Switzerland and comes with several cockpits, cabins, and landing gear variations.
- CubCrafters NX Cub: Yakima-based CubCrafters recently introduced a nosewheel option for their flagship CC-19 XCub Aircraft, popularly called the NX Cub, which we are pleased to introduce to the flight sim audience to further enhance our bush flying and off airport options.
- Aviat Pitts Special S1S: One of our most popular planes gets a single-seat option with the release of this aircraft.
We have added 8 handcrafted airports in Central Europe and the United States:
- Germany
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (EDDP)
- Allgäu Airport Memmingen (EDJA)
- Kassel Airport (EDVK)
- Switzerland
- Lugano Airport (LSZA)
- Zurich Airport (LSZH)
- Luzern-Beromunster Airport (LSZO)
- United States
- Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF)
- Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (KNKX)
New Missions
Based on the popularity of the recently introduced Discovery Flights, we have added 6 additional locations (Helsinki, Freiburg im Breisgau, Mecca, Monument Valley, Singapore, and Mount Cook) to this popular series.
New Tutorials
To further expand the onboarding experience, we have provided 14 new tutorials, introducing simmers to Bush flying (in an Icon A5) and IFR (in a Cessna 172).
New Features
We are also pleased to introduce several highly requested features by the community: an updated weather system, early access to DX12, and a dev mode replay system.
New Photogrammetry Cities
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Bing Maps, we have added a number of new photogrammetry cities: Helsinki (Finland), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), Brighton, Derby, Eastbourne, Newcastle, and Nottingham (UK) and Utrecht (Netherlands).
And, best of all, the Microsoft Flight Simulator Game of the Year Edition is a free update for existing players on PC and Xbox Series X|S. For new users, the GOTY Edition is the perfect entry point to flight simming.
Announcement Video
17 Comments on Microsoft Announces Flight Simulator Game of the Year Update
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gah front page game news choices are pretty lame.
Content wise, MS FS offers something pretty unique right now.
Ha! Ninja'ed by Vayra86
Potentially.
Here let me help you and anyone else... Here are tips to get better performance and yes I mean it. Although it requires a decent internet connection.
So.. first don't install the game or the games cache to the same drive as Windows or your windows Swap file.
If you can I suggest putting the game on an m.2 ssd. Then the game cache on a different m.2 SSD if possible. If not then put it on a SATA SSD.
Also make sure your windows Swap file is installed on a drive different from windows, the game and the game cache. I have mine on a standard HDD.
Lastly let the game use as much bandwidth as possible with a high level of cache. 30Mbps is the minimum connection speed to see benefits from this part. Gigabit helps.
So my setup is like this...
-Windows installed on it's own m.2 drive.
-Windows swap installed on standard 7200rpm HDD
-Game installed on g4 m.2 SSD
-Game swap/cache installed on SATA3 SSD
Doing that alone gave me an extra 7fps at 4k max settings.